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Shenandoah

from Tanglefoot by RB Lonetree

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The Shenandoah valley in Virginia is celebrated in this song that invokes Iroquois mythology
The word Shenandoah is an Anglicisation of a Native American name of unknown origin. It is thought to mean the "River Through the Spruces"; the "River of High Mountains" or "Silver-Water"; or possibly an Iroquois word for "Big Meadow”. The popular, romanticized belief is that the name comes from a Native American expression for "Beautiful Daughter of the Stars".

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Shenandoah (Fairley/Lonetree)

There's a certain hue of light that rises from the fields
When the sun bends low before the ridge-line, softens and yields
Hangs suspended on the threshold, bends low, low, lower
Then sinks beneath the mountains that cradle Shenandoah

There's a certain longing deep within these twilights can awake
Like a sudden wind falling upon the stillness of a lake
I watch the last light fade from the fields of Shenandoah
Settle on the high mark, burn deep gold, then pass over

The red sky bleeds to black, gently the night comes falling
From far and wide the stars arrive from their wandering
They crowd into the valley, bend low, low, lower
They are come to shine for their daughter Shenandoah

The wind winds down the valley, Shenandoah calls to me
"We've always been lovers," she cries, "and always shall be"
The wind plays on the fields of gold, this land, the soul of me
And the river running through it all, my song-line to the sea

I hear the music of the river, in dreams it calls to me
It sings of the vast Atlantic, of breathless ecstasy
Many times I've rode that river, times I've drowned and passed over
But always I return to the fields of Shenandoah

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from Tanglefoot, track released January 1, 2007
Fairley/Lonetree

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RB Lonetree Nimbin, Australia

RB Lonetree, is a singer/song-writer, recording and performing musician. He also writes and publishes poetry, short stories and political essays.

RB Lonetree lives on a large farm with his partner and two children in Bunjalung country, near the town of Nimbin, on the far north coast of New South Wales, Australia. ... more

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